Education Archives

Malawi Education: 52 teachers fired for sleeping with students

Jan 16, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 157 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) has over the past two years relieved 52 teachers of their duties for having love affairs with their students. Reports from the ministry… ...

Government grants loans to 373 needy students

Jan 13, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 18 &

The Malawi government through the department of Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants Board (HESL&GB) has approved supplementary loans for 373 needy students. The loans will benefit needy students from both public and private colleges… ...

Education expert faults government for maintaining fees

Jan 11, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 59 &

An education expert in the country has criticized Malawi government's decision to maintain school fees in public schools saying this will lower the quality of education in the country. The education expert, Dr. Bob Chulu… ...

Malawi government defers new school fees regime

Jan 08, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 62 &

The ministry of education, science and technology has deferred the implementation of fee increase in public secondary schools after Parliament last year passed a motion stopping the executive from hiking school fees. In September 2015,… ...

Teachers want better conditions in 2016

Jan 02, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 46 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has lamented over the hard conditions teachers in the country have been going through for a long time which they say continued in 2015. General Secretary for TUM Dennis Kalekeni… ...

Love of money is killing girls in Malawi

Dec 27, 2015 Thula Chisamba 80 &

Girls in Malawi, in their teens have been urged to come to a halt on the ‘too-much’ love of money, a thing which is landing them in miscellaneous bad behaviors. Recently, Authorities in Rumphi district… ...

‘Teachers faced so many problems in 2015’

Dec 27, 2015 Martha Chikoti 52 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has described the year 2015 as a year of challenges as regards to teachers’ welfare in the country. TUM general secretary Denis Kalekeni was responding to questions on how his… ...